(Boissier & Reuter named two specimens Iris heylandiana but these have turned out to be two different species; one Iris gatesii the other determined by S. A Chaudhary in 1977 as Iris heylandiana; [1939 checklist shows as a synonym of Iris iberica., the logic of which could not be determined].

Foster received material said to be heylandiana which he described in The Garden, February 18, 1893; but according to Chaudhary this too has proved to be Iris gatesii.

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